Collaborative Research: CS in Parallel: Scaling an Incremental Modular Approach to Injecting Parallel Computing Throughout CS Curricula

向并行计算的转变，包括多核处理器、云计算和异构系统，已经引发了计算机科学（CS）教育的劳动力发展危机。这个项目解决了拥挤的CS课程，传统上是围绕顺序（非并行）计算构建的，如何改变以有效地融入快速发展的并行知识体系。圣奥拉夫学院、卡尔文学院和马卡莱斯特学院正在展示学院和大学如何通过独立的单元将短期（一到三天）的并行计算教学模块插入到他们的课程中，这些单元展示了概念原理，并通过实践经验和后续练习来加强它们。新的模块包含了新出现的课程建议、其他领域的相关应用程序以及并行设计模式，正在开发中。并行性贯穿于整个CS课程。在CCLI I型赠款的前身中开发了这种模块化策略，该项目通过针对两个地理区域的研讨会和后续采纳者支持，向其他大学和学院展示了这种方法的可扩展性。其他项目活动奖励创建新模块的参与者，通过会议研讨会和演讲促进这种模块化方法在全国的传播，并扩大CSinParallel.org与工业界、学术界和专业组织的相关努力之间现有的协同合作伙伴关系。

The shift to parallel computing, including multi-core processors, cloud computing, and heterogeneous systems, has induced a workforce development crisis for computer science (CS) education. This project addresses how crowded CS curricula, traditionally structured around sequential (non-parallel) computing, can be changed to effectively incorporate the rapidly-evolving body of parallelism knowledge. Saint Olaf College, Calvin College and Macalester College are demonstrating how colleges and universities can insert short (one- to three-day) teaching modules on parallel computing into their courses through self-contained units that present conceptual principles and reinforce them by hands-on experience and follow-up exercises. New modules that incorporate emerging curricular recommendations, relevant applications to other fields, and parallel design patterns are under development. Parallelism is infused incrementally throughout the CS curriculum. Having developed this modular strategy in a predecessor CCLI Type I grant, this project demonstrates the scalability of this approach to other universities and colleges by targeting two geographical regions with workshops and follow-up adopter support. Other project activities reward participants for creating new modules, promote the national dissemination of this modular approach through conference workshops and presentations, and expand existing synergistic partnerships between CSinParallel.org and related efforts in industry, academia, and professional organizations.